The “Trump War Room” just posted a video on Twitter that shows Trump hugging a black woman during a visit to Chick-Fil-A.
On its face, the video seems to depict Trump just organically running into a black woman who supports him and giving her a hug. But, as always with Trump (and Decepticons, for you Gen-Xers), there’s more than meets the eye.
In the video, she’s expressing her support and he says “Let me give you a hug.” That’s already weird, since Trump policies hurt black people AND they were meeting in a place that actively tries to harm gay people, as well. The bigotry and irony is off the charts, here.
But who is she?
She’s Michaelah Montgomery, a woman who runs a conservative group, used to be a Republican intern, and was a member of “Blexit,” a group founded by prominent black Republican activist Candace Owens.
So yes, we can acknowledge that Trump does have some black supporters.
But he uses them. This is CLEARLY staged. This viral video isn’t some organic interaction that randomly happened with Trump. It was staged.
Sure he got that one black woman, Alice Johnson, released from prison. But the ACLU and multiple authors, politicians, and people who supported her advocated for her release for years. It was only after reality show star Kim Kardashian spoke up that Trump lifted a finger to grant her clemency.
He claimed responsibility for black unemployment going down when he became president, a full year before any of his economic policies were in place. It was already going down rapidly due to the policies before him — put in place by Democrats.
He even once literally said he wouldn’t want black people handling his money. He only wanted Jews.
Worst of all, he lost a lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice back in the early 1970s, where he was found to have been refusing to rent to black people at his New York properties.
The very, very few black people who support Trump are conservatives for reasons that set them apart from other “everyday” black people: They don’t live in poverty, or are even rich; they were fortunate enough to be born somewhere that wasn’t Alabama or Mississippi or any of the places they might be denied service on sight at a lot of businesses; or maybe they’ve actually benefited from Republican policy somehow, although I can’t imagine how.
Joe got a lot of grief when he said “you ain’t black” if you vote for Trump, but it was exactly this that he was talking about.
He meant that your experience is that of a Republican, not an everyday black person. Michaelah Montgomery is not “everyday,” by any means. She was a plant.
WATCH: Michaelah Montgomery, whose hug with President Trump at an Atlanta Chick-fil-A was a viral sensation, explains why so many Black Americans are supporting TRUMP — and why the media is getting it all wrong. pic.twitter.com/uZUI98jjLA [1]
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) April 12, 2024